How common is the surname Spang?

1,570 people in the United States had the surname Spang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. It ranked 17,823rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spang?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Spang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Spang getting more or less common?

More common. 1,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,570 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Spang

A surname, carried by 1,570 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spang is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,570 people named Spang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,540.

#17,823

rank among US surnames

1,570

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,001)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,818	Majka	1,571	196,528
#17,823	Fiorillo	1,570	196,653

Who is named Spang

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named Spang identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
American Indian and Alaska Native 12%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spang

Spang has the Soundex code S152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S152.

Questions

How common is the surname Spang?: 1,570 people in the United States had the surname Spang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. It ranked 17,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spang?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Spang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Spang getting more or less common?: More common. 1,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,570 in 2010, up 1.9%.